Bow facing oarlock



June 24, 1947. E. R. KO SEY BOW FACING OARLOCK Filed Sept. 2, 1945 2Sheets-Sheet l E. R. KOSEY BOW FACING OARLOCK Filed Se June; 24, 1947.

2 Sheets- Sheet 2 r I I I f I I I I I A r I I l Patented June 24, 1947UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BOW FACING OARLOCK Elwin R. Kosey,Ontonagon, Mich.

Application September 2, 1943, Serial No. 500,973

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to an oarlock construction and aims to provide anefiicient oar which is operable facing the front of the boat in order toenable the oarsman to readily view the scenery, which is a distinctadvantage in rivers having swift currents, Whirlpools and rapids, andwhich also adds to the pleasure of fishing.

In addition to increasing the safety of rowing, the constructionprovides a minimum of moving parts and is relatively simple andinexpensive to manufacture.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from aconsideration of the description following taken in connection withaccompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the boat fragmentarily, equipped with aset of the improved oarlocks;

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken on the plane of line 22 of Figure1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, taken throughportion of the oarlock and looking downwardly onto the boat;

Figure 4 is an enlarged section taken on the line |4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is an enlarged section taken on the line 55 of Figure 4, and

Figure 6 is an enlarged section taken on the line B6 of Figure 1.

Referring specifically to the drawings wherein like reference charactersdesignate like or similar parts, a boat conventionally and fragmentarilyshown at I is equipped with a set of my improved oar locks, the latterbeing generally designated II and shown one at each of the oppositesides of the boat and arranged so that the operator or oarsman will facethe bow of the boat to add to the safety, efliciency and a pleasure ofrowing.

Each structure ll utilizes any suitable clamp at |2, for instance one ofinverted U-shape as shown which straddles the upper edge portion of thesides of the boat and are fastened thereto detachably by bolts as at I3.Pivoted to the clamps or brackets |2 are elongated plates 4. Such plateshave integral depending barrels l which interfit between barrels |6 onthe brackets |2 and through which barrels l5 and I6, pintles I! arepassed, the latter being preferably in the form of bolts as shown. Thusthe plates l4 are mounted to swing on horizontal axes disposedlongitudinally of the boat.

The oars each comprise blade and operating sections l8 and I9,respectively. Said sections respectively, preferably have metallicsockets at 20 and 2|, and the former has an extension 22 fitted betweenand pivoted toears 23 of the section 2| through which detachable bolts24 pass to pivotally secure the oar sections together. Sockets ZO arealso pivotally connected to the plate 14 adjacent the forward end bymeans of pivot in the form of bolts 25 while the sockets 2| are bothpivotally and slidably connected to the plates I4 adjacent the inner endby means of bolts 26 passing therethrough and through elongated openingsor slots 21 in the plates l4. Such bolts 26, mount rollers 28, which areeach disposed directly in the slot 21 in order to reduce friction, andwashers 2% are strung on the bolts 26 on opposite sides of the rollers28 to form flanges therefor and they engage the opposite surfaces of theplates I4 to more efiiciently mount and guide the operating section l9.

A blade 29 by means of a portion 29a is fastened in any suitable mannerin the socket 2|] while a handle 30 is fastened at a portion 38a in anysuitable manner in socket 2|.

As a result of the construction described, the oarsman while seated andfacing the bow of the boat will operate the handles 30, in properlymoving the blades 29, since the car sections will pivot and break at thejoints 24, the oars and plate M as a whole will pivot on the horizontalaxis I1, and the operating sections l9 will both pivot and slide at theconnections of the bolts 26 and slots 21.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spiritand scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

An oarlock structure of the class described comprising a plate, mountingmeans for attachment to a boat, said plate and mounting means havingbarrels rigid thereon, said barrels being pivotally connected at oneedge of the mountin means on an axis transverse with respect to theplate, a hollow cylindrical socket for an oarblade section, a boltpivoting said section to the plate on one side of said means, a hollowcylindrical socket for an oar handle section, a bolt pivoting the lattersection to the plate on the other side of said means, the plate havingan elongated slot through which one of the bolts passes to enableshifting movement of one of the sockets, said 3 slot mounted by theadjacent bolt, said roller having flanges overlapping the upper andlower surfaces of the plate, one end of one of the sockets beingreduced, the end of the other socket being solid and extending into thereduced portion, and means pivotally connecting the sockets at saidreduced portion and solid portion.

ELWIN R. KOSEY.

REFERENCES CITED Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Durant Aug. 9,1904 Foster Nov. 7, 1899 Streeter May 8, 1887 Johnson Aug. 6, 1912

